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January 09, 2014

Self-driving vehicles offer potential benefits, policy challenges for lawmakers
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2014
Self-driving vehicles offer the promise of significant benefits to society, but raise several policy challenges, including the need to update insurance liability regulations and privacy concerns such as who will control the data generated by this technology, according to a new RAND Corporation study. "Our research finds that the social benefits of autonomous vehicles - including decreased crashes, increased mobility and increases in fuel economy - will outweigh the likely disadvantages," said Ja ... read more

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